Improved scrubber



,milled mes @eiwit CHARLES E. Vci.cingoli-y'recoinNEW YORK', AssIcNoR To HI'MSELF jAND .M osesvvc.y HAsKELn or SAME PLACE.

- l 'Leiters Patent No. 94,946, dated September' 21, 1869.

IMPRovED SCRUBBER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the `same.

`To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, CHARLES E. GLUM, of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer, and State of N ew York, have invented a-new and-'useful Improvement in Scrubbers for Cleaning Floors, DecksyJoiner-/Vork, 85e.; and Ihereby declare the following 'to be affull and exact description ofthe same, reference being had. to the ace conipanying drawings, making apart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View;

Figure 2, a'transverse section; vand Fignre, a detached view of one of the clamps.

The nature oi' my invention relates to thelnethod of clamping scrubbingistrips of India rubber, or other suitable material, in a head prepared for the purpose; and in providing` 'the clamping-device with suitable l fastenings for holding sponge, for retaining and feeding water to the scrubber when'used upon work placed in a vertical position. i

The following description will enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention.

i A is a metallic head, made with flanges on its op passing through them and into the openings B B in the head.

The spurs H H H H, on the clamps E E, are for securing spon ges, I, on the same side with and between the scrubbingstrips','thereby ayoiding the necessity for changing the sidesoi' the head when the sponge is required for use, asis the -casewl-iere the sponge is placed 'on th'e'reverse side. v

The scrubber is used in the same manner as the common scrubbing-brush.

Among the advantages I claim for my invention are the following: v

The scrubbing-strips, being secured without the use of screws or bolts# (which are liable to become useless from rusting,) may readily be removed or renewed by simply keying up the clamps; the manner of securing the sponge so as to avoid changing the sides of the head; its eiciency, simplicity, land cheapness.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure hy-Letters'Patent, is- A 1; 'The manner of securing the scrubbing-strips by means of the clamps E E, as herein shown and described.

2. In 'combination with the toggle-jointed clamps, the pins G G, and openings B B, as and for the purpose specified.

3. Holding the sponge I on the same side m'th and between the scrubbing-strips, and the manner of securing the same, as herein set forth. v

CHARLES E. CLUM. Witnesses JAMES ORCHARD, WM. H. Low. 

